Mariel Marcano-Olivier

And he knows that and he understands that because I need that for my autism.

But somebody who doesn't understand neurodiversity might find it really rude if their partner comes home, sits down and doesn't talk to them for 45 minutes.

But that's something that really helps our relationship because rather than coming through the door, my partner trying to talk to me and me being like, no, calm down.

and that causing problems.

It's much nicer because 45 minutes later, you know, I'll put down my book, I'll put down my phone, and I'll be like, I'm ready to talk now.

But sometimes people without neurodiversity or without mental health conditions won't necessarily understand that need for space.

So you can absolutely have toxic relationships as a result of this.

But I think what might then be overlooked is the real positive and fulfilling things about having someone who

You know, who shares your crazy?

Well, I suppose...

If it was me personally, what I would want to do would be to understand the data in a deeper way.

So at the moment, what we've got is quantitative data.

So it's just numbers.

And the people whose data is in this study, they probably aren't aware that their data is in this study because it's secondary data.

So this is...

This is insurance data.

So what I would actually prefer to do would be to have interviews.

Now, obviously, I can't conduct six million interviews, but it would be really fantastic to interview a subsection of people to see what those benefits are and what the cons are of that lived experience in those relationships.

That's what I personally like to do.

No problem at all.